Susan wrote "Mostly though you have to be really careful about removing
lice/nits from the environment."
Lest anyone, especially a breastfeeding mother, should feel the need to do
unnecessary housework. This is from the James Cook University's School of
Tropical Medicine: 

DO I NEED TO SPRING CLEAN THE HOUSE?
Definately not! Head lice die if they leave the head. The only way head lice
can get water and food is by sucking blood from the scalp. A head louse not
on the head is a head louse in a desperate situation! Head lice will
dehydrate when off the head. The rate at which this occurs depends on the
amount of water vapour in the air. In an air-conditioned room, head lice
will be severely dehydrated after a few hours. When it is wet and raining,
head lice may live for 24 hours. 
We searched the floors of 118 primary school classroom carpets for head lice
while the pupils were out of the classroom. We also checked the children's
heads. We found no lice (ZERO!) on the floors and 14,033 lice on the heads
of the 2000 or so children using those classrooms. To treat head lice
concentrate on the head! 

A small number of lice do move down to pillow slips at night. So change the
pillow slip when you are treating your child, or heat it up (hot wash, iron,
hot dryer) to kill any head lice that may have walked across to the pillow
slip. However, focus your main efforts on the head, not on the environment.
The head is where the action is! 

If you are unable to eradicate head lice speak to your pharmacist, general
practitioner or contact Rick Speare on [log in to unmask] 

No one ever died from doing housework.  But why take the chance???
Nina Berry
Australia

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